Beating the Market With Out-of-Favor Value Stocks

Marian Kessler's Becker Value Fund has beaten the index in good times and bad. Ten stocks she likes now.

Modern etiquette recommends diamond jewelry for a 10-year anniversary. The Becker Value Fund got something even better: A five-star rating from Morningstar and a ranking in the top 10% of its category for the past decade.

The Becker Value Equity Fund (ticker: BVEFX), which turned 10 late last year, has outperformed in good times and bad, logging much smaller losses than the overall market during the bear turn in 2008 while also outpacing the Standard & Poor's 500 in the past year, when stocks soared. The fund's...